Jakob "Jaap" Stam (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈjaːpˈstɑm]; born 17 July 1972) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a centre-back and is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation.[4][5][6][7][8] Stam was part of the Manchester United team that won the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999.
Stam played for several European clubs including PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Lazio, Milan and Ajax before retiring in October 2007. As well as winning numerous club trophies including an Eredivisie, a Coppa Italia, an Intercontinental Cup and three Premier League titles, he won several personal awards including being voted the best defender in both the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions Leagues as well as being in three consecutive PFA Team of the Year sides from 1999 to 2001. Stam played 67 international matches for the Netherlands, scoring three goals. He was in their squads for three UEFA European Championships and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
After retiring as a player, Stam worked as a coach at PEC Zwolle and Ajax before making his managerial debut with Reading in 2016. He later managed Feyenoord in 2019 and FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer.
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Jakob "Jaap" Stam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjaːp ˈstɑm]; born 17 July 1972) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. As a player, he played...
four penalties taken during the shoot-out. Perhaps most infamous was JaapStam's attempt during the shoot-out (which ballooned well over the crossbar)...
the season." United straight after paid £10.75 million for PSV defender JaapStam, a new club record fee. Ferguson wanted to strengthen the squad's attacking...
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Bronckhorst left the club, while star player Robin van Persie retired. JaapStam was appointed as the new head coach. The 2019–20 season started with mixed...
were hard, but after 1992–93, a new team filled with talents such as JaapStam (who would later play for PSV, Manchester United, Lazio, Milan and Ajax)...
10 July. This made him the fourth player to join United from PSV after JaapStam, Park Ji-sung and Ruud van Nistelrooy. Memphis made his debut in a pre-season...
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 18 John Heitinga 74' CB 3 JaapStam 73' CB 4 Wilfred Bouma LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst CM 6 Phillip Cocu (c) 29' CM 8 Edgar...
assisting JaapStam. On 6 March 2019, it was announced that Bakkati would be joining Feyenoord as an assistant manager alongside JaapStam at the start...
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 JaapStam CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 5 Arthur Numan DM 16 Edgar Davids CM 10 Clarence Seedorf RW 7 Ronald...
Clarence Seedorf (1976-04-01)1 April 1976 (aged 20) 11 Sampdoria 5 2DF JaapStam (Injury replacement for Frank de Boer) (1972-07-17)17 July 1972 (aged...
the Year 1997–98 Fernando Hierro Real Madrid 1998–99 JaapStam Manchester United 1999–2000 JaapStam Manchester United 2000–01 Roberto Ayala Valencia 2001–02...
Michael Reiziger (1973-05-03)3 May 1973 (aged 27) 41 Barcelona 3 2DF JaapStam (1972-07-17)17 July 1972 (aged 27) 33 Manchester United 4 2DF Frank de...
Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini, Roque Júnior, Dario Šimić, and later JaapStam in defence, he also converted former centre-back Alessandro Costacurta...
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